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MMedSci PG Dip PG Cert Medical Education

  • DeadlineStudy Details:

    MMedSci 1 year full-time; 3 years part-time (with the opportunity to complete in a minimum of 2 years). Durations vary for PGDip/PGCert awards.

Masters Degree Description

Are you involved in teaching the medical and healthcare professionals of tomorrow? Our Medical Education MMedSci enables you to gain the skills and knowledge of education to help you support your learners.

Develop a solid understanding of the core principles and theories that underpin teaching and learning. You'll also explore curriculum design and develop teaching environments to enable your learners perform as best as they can be when studying with you.

The course has been designed using the same principles you'll learn while studying. The PGCert stage is one of the few dual accredited courses in the UK – by Advance HE and the Academy of Medical Educators. You'll be taught by renowned clinicians and scholars, including subject specialists within medical education. You can also tailor the course to your academic interests. Optional modules cover topics such as teaching clinical reasoning, underperformance and remediation, leadership, and coaching and mentoring skills in supervision.

Entry Requirements

2:1 or Pass in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and other healthcare professions degrees (as appropriate)

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Many of our graduates go on to develop careers in education.

Examples include:

  • Head of School of Medicine, University of Nottingham
  • Dean of Medical Education, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies at Nottingham University Hospitals
  • GP Trainers
  • Clinical Associate Professor
  • Undergraduate course leads
  • Director of Postgraduate Medical Education
  • Teaching Fellows

Module Details

Core modules:

  • Principles and Practice of Teaching and Learning
  • Principles and Practice of Assessment and Feedback
  • Principles and Practice of Curriculum Design and the Educational Environment
  • Introduction to Research Methods in Medical Education
  • Medical Education Research and Dissertation

You must also take 40 credits from this group:

  • Coaching, Mentoring, Supervision
  • Learning in Complex and Uncertain Environments
  • Problem-Based Learning, Case-Based Learning and Clinical Diagnostic Decision-Making
  • Principles and Practice of Applying Psychometrics in Assessment
  • Technology Enhanced Education
  • Underperformance and Performance Enhancement

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